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服务员 fúwùyuán

服务员 fúwùyuán Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 7 English Translations of the word 服务员 fúwùyuán .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fúwùyuán | fu2 wu4 yuan2
English translation
waiter
waitress
attendant
customer service personnel
CL:
>[gè], wèi [wèi]

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About 服务员 fúwùyuán

Read some general information about the Chinese word 服务员 fúwùyuán .

Traditional form

服務員

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí
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Etymology of 服务员 fúwùyuán

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Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a person being served a plate.

Positional decomposition

yuè 卩又

Number of Strokes

8

Explanation

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compount. máo represents the sound, while and both represent the meaning. The traditional component máo was removed for simplification.

Positional decomposition

夂力

Number of Strokes

5
yuán

Type

pictophonetic

Explanation

Simplified form of yuán . Depicts the round opening ( kǒu ) of a cooking pot ( dǐng ). Based on the original meaning "round", now written as yuán . The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

Semantic compound

Bèi

Positional decomposition

口贝

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 服务员 fúwùyuán

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服务员 fúwùyuán yòu lái le ,精神抖擞 jīng shén dǒu sǒu de shǎng le liǎng Zhāng 讲究 jiǎngjiu de 菜单 càidān .

Their waiter reappeared and presented two ornate menus with a flourish.

北溪 de 服务员 fúwùyuán 收到 shōu dào 孤山 Gū Shān 来的电报 diàn bào ,大感惊诧 jīng chà .

The operator at North Creek thought himself crazy when he received the call from Lonely Hill.

服务员 fúwùyuán chú 工资 gōngzī wài 还有 hái yǒu 不少 bù shǎo 小费 xiǎo fèi .

The waiters get good tips over and above their wages.

服务员 fúwùyuán 迅速 xùnsù shōu zǒu de 盘子 pánzi .

The waiter whisked my plate away.

wèi 服务员 fúwùyuán 开始 kāishǐ 打扫 dǎsǎo 房间 fángjiān .

The girl attendant has set about cleaning the room.

服务员 fúwùyuán Decomposition

See the 8 Chinese characters that make up 服务员 fúwùyuán and their own compounds.

服务员 fúwùyuán Compounds

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